Wuzzy
Sun, Apr-28-02, 00:36
Physical fitness assessment has been monitored in at least 3
or 4 major surveys, the national health interview a
behavioural study and another on national health..
all concur women exercise less than men.. also steps taken as
measured by pedometer in europe, japan and US indicate
approximately 6500 vs. 7300 less steps taken by women.
The survey questionnaire results you can explain as bias: you
tend to ask about lesiure and work-related activity, both of
which women do not engage in as much as men,, nonetheless they
neglect spontaneous activity like walking to work, in the
house and driving your car (you expend alot of energy in a
car, mind you) and walking in the hallway while at work (these
are the major sources of daily physical activity, whereas
recreational accounts for less than 5%)
basically the questionnaire does not reflect true activity..
but still, the pedometer studies show a 20% less steps taken.
Also you can predict (no you cant) that these steps will have
been with less intensity than men..
anyway the suggestion is that women don't require as
much activity as men to remain healthy. Also this is why
many studies choose not to study women in regards to
heart disease..
Nonetheless i think that the fact that men are walking about
1000 more steps at work (plumbers? police officers mailmen vs.
bankers?) whereas women walk a little every day in daily
activities including leisure walking, is not that much of a
difference, compared to diabetics and obese who walk a
whopping 4000 a day.
oddly, in japan there is a national 10,000 step program which
is way beyond what the average person does here in america it
is almost the sum of an active and a sedentary person
combined..
just commenting..
or 4 major surveys, the national health interview a
behavioural study and another on national health..
all concur women exercise less than men.. also steps taken as
measured by pedometer in europe, japan and US indicate
approximately 6500 vs. 7300 less steps taken by women.
The survey questionnaire results you can explain as bias: you
tend to ask about lesiure and work-related activity, both of
which women do not engage in as much as men,, nonetheless they
neglect spontaneous activity like walking to work, in the
house and driving your car (you expend alot of energy in a
car, mind you) and walking in the hallway while at work (these
are the major sources of daily physical activity, whereas
recreational accounts for less than 5%)
basically the questionnaire does not reflect true activity..
but still, the pedometer studies show a 20% less steps taken.
Also you can predict (no you cant) that these steps will have
been with less intensity than men..
anyway the suggestion is that women don't require as
much activity as men to remain healthy. Also this is why
many studies choose not to study women in regards to
heart disease..
Nonetheless i think that the fact that men are walking about
1000 more steps at work (plumbers? police officers mailmen vs.
bankers?) whereas women walk a little every day in daily
activities including leisure walking, is not that much of a
difference, compared to diabetics and obese who walk a
whopping 4000 a day.
oddly, in japan there is a national 10,000 step program which
is way beyond what the average person does here in america it
is almost the sum of an active and a sedentary person
combined..
just commenting..